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Comment by Peepers

This is actually a relatively quick faction to get exalted with. You can either buy stacks of Sanguine off of the AH which net you 750 rep for each turn in, which is only 5. You can run Underbog and just ask if you can have all of the Sanguine drops, I've averaged 35-45 in a single run. You can do the repeat quest by killing naga also which is also worth 750 points per completion.

I wouldn't recommend trying the Fertile Spores or killing Bog Lords. Yes the Fertile Spores can net you 750, but the drop rate is a bit low. As for the Bog Lords they will only net you 15 rep points per kill. Unless your an herbalist its not worth the time.

Comment by zhek

I personally recommend Now That We're Still Friends (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?quest=9727) over the other methods. Hibiscus' were never up all that frequently, and even before the achievements were known about people seemed to sell them for quite a bit, often in stack sizes that didn't seem to have any connection to their use.

But Now That We're Still Friends can be finished pretty quickly, and they nerfed the requirement a bit with only six Enchantress per turnin versus the previous requirement of twelve. Took about four hours if I remember correctly, probably from about honored. Had about five minute turnarounds when I really got it going. Definitely recommend epic flying, although the distance between the camp and the mobs thankfully isn't that far.

Comment by NeppyMan

Getting from Friendly to Exalted by doing the Now That We're Still Friends quest takes a total of 52 turn-ins. (21k + 12k + 6k / 750) If you have the patience to farm Timbermaw Hold reputation, surely you can kill the 936 naga needed to do this. Getting to Friendly is easy as well; just do the starter quests helpfully documented on The Sporeggar Faction page.

Comment by webtekkie

I agree. Discounting the travel/pull time to loot Sanguine Hibiscus from the ground (which there are many), the Underbog Lurker and Underbat each have a 25% drop rate of them. The equivalent 18 kills (12 + 6) would seem to give about the same rep per kill, but you have to remember that they are elite. Killing the nagas will be much quicker.

Comment by Nebelwerfer

I found funny name of this achievment.Since I'm from Poland 'Czar' means ''spell'' or ''charm'' in my language.

Quite funny:)

Comment by Aristocrates

I just did this on my Paladin via Sanguine Hibiscus turn-ins. Normal UB is very easy and fairly quick. I averaged 30-40 hibiscus per run, which took roughly 20-25 minutes. In all, it took me a little over 1.5 hours and 4.5 runs to get the 165 hibiscus I still needed for exalted.

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Walkthrough:

Basically, I went Ret and cleared every mob up to the first boss. Keep Sacred Shield up, use Seal of Blood with Judgement of Light, and hit Divine Plea every cooldown. If you have 4-piece T7, it really helps keep your mana up. You should be able to grind through without stopping to drink. I killed the first boss since he can drop a hibiscus, then cleared all of the giants and bats after him. You can skip all of the nagas except for the first four after the first boss (the pat on the bridge and the guardians). When you get to the hydra boss, stand on the ramp and pull him with Hand of Reckoning, then just nuke him down from there and swim across the fish-free water.

Here, you can skip all of the trash, again. Just be wary of the pats as you weave around to pick the few hibiscus along this stretch. Kill the hunter boss and collect the hibiscus on the ground, there, then kill the couple of giants remaining. Be sure to look to the ledge on the left before you turn right to kill the Black Stalker, as there's usually a plant out on the edge. Kill the stalker, collect the plant in his room, then hop back down to the entrance.

If you want, you can walk all around the area leading up to the first boss to check for any plants that may have spawned after your first pass. I usually picked up another 5+ this way.

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Opportunity cost:

On my server, hibiscus sell for roughly 5g each. 165 looted would net around 825g, which took roughly an hour and a half to farm, totaling 550g per hour. This is more than I can earn through herbing Icethorn and Lichbloom, which come at a rate of 7-8 stacks per hour sell for 40-45g per stack (280-360g per hour).

I'm not sure how it compares to mining and prospecting, since I haven't really done much since the 3.08, but I seem to remember getting 400-500g per hour farming cobalt at 40g per stack and 500-600g per hour prospecting saronite pre-3.08. Prices have plummeted since then with the increased speed in mining and gems being available through badges, so I'm sure the amount earned per hour has dropped by a couple hundred gold.

The point is, it's definitely worth it to farm Sanguine Hibiscus rather than farm something else to buy them off the AH. However, they're typically not worth farming and selling as they don't sell as fast as herbs or ore (much less demand).

Sorry for the massive wall of text, but I felt that I should share my experience in great detail as an alternative to killing naga :)

Comment by rbw1

I found a sweet spot around 16, 16 for farming Fertile Spores from Spore bats.About an 80% drop rate for me and they'd re-spawn faster than I could kill them on my level 70 Frost Mage.I did get 18 Fertile Spores in around 10 minutes and passed them down to my alt.To be fair.... I don't know if this effect drop rates or not, but, I was already Exalted with Sporeggar when i found this.

Also you get a Glowcap with each turn in.

Comment by scorchio148

just kill everything in ub on reg and its about a 30% drop off each one

Comment by Cozmomomo

"World of Sporecraft"Would have been a much better acheivement name.

Comment by oombulance

By far the greatest name for an achievement (imo)!

I average 18 Sanguine Hibiscus per run and I stopped at the bridge with the Naga's since after that they did not seem to drop.

Comment by Docxm7

You can use your Rocket Boots (not the tinker) + slowfall effects to skip the Naga/Hydra/wasp section of UB while farming Sanguine Hibiscus. Just use your boots to slow fall rocket to that small hanging cliff area that you can see when you reach hungerfen. It usually has one Hibiscus on it, and you can run along it to get to the Hunter / pet boss.

Comment by Grapeape

Anyone mind mentioning how to start getting rep with them? I'm not even seeing them in the reputation list and flying by the city, on mouse-over the npcs names are red but im not at war with them to attack them(not that I want to).

Comment by Jollef

Best way of farming rep with these are to run Underbog Normal (you don't need to reset) and gather Sanguine Hibiscus. These plants respawns very quickly also so no need to run out of instance and reset.

Comment by Opticonite

For some unknown reason getting this achievement was really important to me, ok i wanted the beautiful little sporebat. But grinding for this rep was brutal. I never want to see another Naga again in my life! Worth it though. Also, am I the only one who's reminded of the song "Der Kommissar" by After The Fire? lol

Comment by brendanrulezzz

I have just done this for Diplomat, and i found the easiest way is to farm Sanguine Hibiscus in UB, get around 20-25 per run. :D (for the repeat back at Sporeggar)

Its also worth noting that each mob is giving ~25 rep per kill and each boss ~250.

Comment by rsetlock3

I just grinding this rep today. Took maybe 3 hours to go from unfriendly to exalted (including a break for dinner). I did the starting quests to go from unfriendly to friendly and found it was going to slow. Ran Underbog once on heroic and 3 or 4 more times on reg collecting all the Sanguine Hibiscus I could find and was exalted with no problem. Collected right around 25 Sanguine Hibiscus per run. Only rep buff I had was the guild one.

Comment by crystalheals

Well, looks like I was doing it the hard way... -_-On my level 90 balance druid, I did the starter repeatable quests to friendly until it wouldn't let me turn them in anymore (More Tendrils! and More Spore Sacs), then went to Sporeggar and started doing the repeatable quest to kill naga (Now That We're Still Friends...). It was taking me ~ 3.4 minutes per quest, from the time I accepted it to the time I turned it in. I did this until I hit revered, then started wondering if perhaps Fertile Spore turn ins were faster.

Then I came here, and Oh look!, you can just run Underbog a few times, collect Sanguine Hibiscus for Bring Me Another Shrubbery!, and Bam! unfriendly to exalted in a matter of hours. I got 20 flowers my first run through Underbog on normal. Not to mention the amount of rep you get just by clearing the dungeon, as everything you kill gives you Sporeggar rep as well as some Cenarion Expedition rep.

So don't waste your time farming anything but these flowers. You can even buy them off the AH if your time is worth more than your gold. =)

edit: added some links. ;)

Comment by Mirouku

Simpy get in Underbog...kill all mobs/bosses..loot Sanguine Hibiscus and get your achievements.Running Underbog will grant you some rep for Cenarion Expedition...so it's win-win situation :)

Comment by Jimbonz

I see that there's no mention about this but since latest patch each mob in Underbog gives 45 rep per kill. And bosses 750. Very easy faction to gain rep with now.

Comment by ScotchNSoda

Was the word "Czar" borrowed from Polish language? It means "charm" in Polish so it fits I guess - "The Charm of Sporeggar" :)

Comment by NukeAlleria

Friendly to Exalted with Sporegar in under an hour, during Thanksgiving break!

Use your Celebration Package anniversary rep buff.Fly to Telredor, eat the thanksgiving meals to get the Pligrim's Bounty buff.Fly and swim to Underbog. Enter Underbog and aggro as many mobs as you can, but don't kill them yet.Raise your guild Battle Standard of Coordination. Now kill those mobs!Clear all the trash up to the first boss. Do not kill the first boss.Gather Sanguine Hibiscus from the mobs and also the red flowers on the ground. (You don't need herbalism.)Turn in the Sanguine Hibiscus to Gzhun'tt inside the Underbog entrance.Exit Underbog.Reset all instances.Repeat!